Enrico Del Debbio was an Italian architect

Architect

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 and university professor.

Born at Carrara

Carrara

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, he studied in the Fine Art Academy there specializing in architecture; he moved to Rome in 1914 where he won several architectural awards. He also began to teach in the Scuola Superiore di Architettura. In the 1920 he held several positions in public institutions, such as the organization of the Quadriennale Romana. In 1931 he became artistical-technical consultant in the Palazzo delle Esposizioni

Palazzo delle Esposizioni

The Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a neoclassical exhibition hall, cultural center and museum on Via Nazionale in Rome.Designed by Pio Piacentini, it opened in 1883. It has housed several exhibitions The Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a neoclassical exhibition hall, cultural center and museum on Via...

 for an exhibition celebrating the Decennal of the Fascist Revolution; he was also director of the technical office of the Balilla House

Balilla

Balilla was the nickname of Giovan Battista Perasso, a Genoese boy who started the revolt of 1746 against the Habsburg forces that occupied the city in the War of the Austrian Succession by throwing a stone on an Austrian official....

 (the fascist youth organization).

In 1923 he designed the FIAT

Fiat

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 palace in Via Calabria in Rome. In 1927 he was commissioned the new Foro Mussolini, a sport complex now known as Foro Italico (finished in 1960), including the Stadio dei Marmi

Stadio dei Marmi

The Stadio dei Marmi is a sport stadium in the Foro Italico, a sport complex in Rome, Italy.It was designed in the 1920s as a complement to the annexed Academy of Physical Education , to be used by its students for training. Construction, designed by Enrico Del Debbio, was finished in 1928...

 (1928) and the Palazzo della Farnesina

Palazzo della Farnesina

The Palazzo della Farnesina is an Italian government building located between Monte Mario and the Tiber River in the Foro Italico area in Rome, Italy...

, the current seat of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also designed the Stadio del Nuoto ("Swimming Stadium", 1956).

He died in Rome in 1973.